玻璃

Japanese

Kanji in this term
玻	璃

Noun

玻璃 (hiragana はり, romaji hari)

1. glass, crystal

Synonyms

• ガラス (garasu): (material) glass - (more often used)
• クリスタル (kurisutaru): crystal

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Mandarin

simpl. and trad.
玻璃

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ pɔ˥˥li˧˥ ]

Etymology

From Pali phalika (“crystal”), from Sanskrit स्फटिक (sphaṭika).

Noun

玻璃 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin bōlí or bōli)

1. (Elementary Mandarin) glass

Derived terms

• bōlizhǐ 玻璃紙 (trad.), 玻璃纸 (simp.)
• dǎngfēng bōli 擋風玻璃 (trad.), 挡风玻璃 (simp.)
• yǒujī bōli 有機玻璃 (trad.), 有机玻璃 (simp.)

References

• 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
• 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785: